Changing to classic logon screen in vista

humaxf1 · 03-07-2007 2:24pm #1

As with XP, doing the ctrl+alt+delete x2 keystroke takes you from the welcome screen to the classic logon screen...username and password box.

Is there a similar keystroke for Vista? I wish to logon as administrator. I'll state at this stage, I DON'T know the password for the current user so I cant get to the desktop and goto control panel etc etc and change settings.

TIA

matt-dublin · 03-07-2007 2:46pm

same as xp afaik.

or click change user on the logon screen

matt-dublin · 03-07-2007 2:47pm

http://pericson.com/2006/12/how-to-enable-classic-logon-in-windows-vista/

Ginger · 03-07-2007 2:56pm

Is only the one user set up? Because I think you need to enable the Admin account to be on the login screen. If its on a domain you can do it remotely

humaxf1 · 03-07-2007 3:06pm

I remember reading alright that administrator has to be enabled, but it didnt specify if its for a particular version of Vista.

I've tried the XP keystroke but it don't work. It's not the end of the world...bit of history attached to this laptop, so I'll prob zap it and reinstall.

matt-dublin · 03-07-2007 4:05pm

boot it into safemode to get into the admin account

Changing to classic logon screen in vista

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